Re: [PATCH] mm: Fail when offset == num in first check of vm_map_pages_zero()

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On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 1:38 AM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If the user asks us for offset == num, we should already fail in the
> first check, i.e. the one testing for offsets beyond the object.
>
> At the moment, we are failing on the second test anyway,
> since count cannot be 0. Still, to agree with the comment of the first
> test, we should first there.

I think, we need to cc linux-mm.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/memory.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index ddf20bd0c317..74cf8b0ce353 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ static int __vm_map_pages(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page **pages,
>         int ret, i;
>
>         /* Fail if the user requested offset is beyond the end of the object */
> -       if (offset > num)
> +       if (offset >= num)
>                 return -ENXIO;
>
>         /* Fail if the user requested size exceeds available object size */
> --
> 2.17.1
>




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